Robert Cross

Kenai Fjords 1981: 5,649 1996: 205,778 Katmai 1995: (estimate) 55,000 1996: (estimate) 55,000

KENAI FJORDS AND KATMAI NATIONAL PARKS,Alaska--The travel counselor told me I could visit two huge national parks--Kenai Fjords and Katmai--on two consecutive days and still spend my evenings in Anchorage....

KENAI FJORDS FACTS Established as a national park: Dec. 2, 1980. Area: 669,541 acres. Visitors: 205,778 in 1996. Location: 130 miles south of Anchorage via Alaska Highways 1 and 9...

GETTING THERE KATMAI There is no road access. Commercial airlines fly daily from Anchorage to King Salmon (Alaska Airlines quoted an economy fare of $310 round trip as of this...

Kenai Fjords 1. Exit Glacier. Follow the gravel road from Seward Highway to the ranger station. Then walk a mile to this imposing tongue of ice moving along at about...

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska--If Alaska's national parks have anything in common, it is that they demand a bit more from the visitor than national parks elsewhere in the States:...

DENALI (MOUNT MCKINLEY) NATIONAL PARK, Alaska--(If Alaska's national parks have anything in common, it is that they demand a bit more from the visitor than national parks elsewhere in the...

Established as a national park: Dec. 2, 1980. Area: 3,225,284 acres. Visitors: 280,000 in 1996. Location: Southeastern Alaska, 65 air miles northwest of Juneau. Flora and fauna: Orca and humpback...

GLACIER BAY Most people visit here primarily to see the glaciers and wildlife in and around Glacier Bay. Typically, this is done by cruise ship as an extension of Inside...

A cruise into the west arm of the bay will reveal some of the most imposing ice formations in this collection of 16 tidewater glaciers, but the Muir Glacier--named for...